Ms Olga Muzychenko

Biography/ Background

Olga Muzychenko is a lecturer at the University of Adelaide Business School where she teaches MBA courses. Her areas of expertise and research interests span across Cross-Cultural Management, Entrepreneurship and International Business. Olga's past research looked at various aspects of internationalisation of small and medium-sized enterprises, entrepreneurship education and training, and cross cultural dimensions of organisational behaviour. Her current research explores psychological dimensions of international entreprenership. After commencing her academic career Olga has been retaining a link with the business community acting as a consultant to small and medium sized enterprises in Europe and Australia as well as the Enterprise Development Section of the International Labor Organisation (ILO). Her professional expertise is complemented with experience of working and living in different countries, namely France, Italy, the UK, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Russia and Armenia.

Qualifications

MSc (Stirling), BA (Hons)(Moscow State University)

PhD currently in progress

Research Interests

Cross-cultural competence, opportunity identification, international entrepreneurship, global mindset.

Publications

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

BOOK CHAPTER:

Muzychenko, O. (2009). International Entrepreneurship and Culture: Developing Cross-cultural Entrepreneurial Competence. In Newlands, D. and Hooper, M. (Eds), Global Business Handbook, UK, Gower Publishing, ISBN 978-0-566-08747-9.

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

Muzychenko, O. (2008) Cross-cultural entrepreneurial competence in identifying international business opportunities. European Management Journal, Vol. 26, No 6, pp. 366-377.

Muzychenko, O. (2008) Competence-based approach to teaching international opportunity identification: Cross-cultural aspects. European Journal of International Management, Vol. 2, No 4, pp. 418-436.

Muzychenko, O, Zalan, T. and Wells, S. (2008) Developing competencies for international entrepreneurship: The role of a global mindset’. International Journal of Entrepreneurship Education, Vol.6, No 4.

Muzychenko, O. and Saee, J. (2004). Cross Cultural Professional Competence in Higher Education. Journal of Management Systems, Vol 16, No 4, pp. 1-20.

Mouzychenko, O. and Saee, J. (2003). A Phenomenological Study of Sub-contracting Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Their Internationalization Strategies and Responses. Journal of Transnational Management Development, Vol. 9, Issue 1, Series 1, pp.3-19.

CONFERENCE PROCEEEDINGS:

Zalan, T., Muzychenko, O. and Burshtein, S. (2009) Atlassian: Building a born-global company from Australia. 2nd EuroMed annual conference, Salerno, 26-29 October.

Muzychenko, O., and Zalan, T. (2008) International opportunity identification by entrepreneurs: Does a global mindset matter? RENT XXII annual conference, Covilha, 19-21 November .

Muzychenko, O., Zalan, T. and Wells, S.(2008). Developing competencies for international entrepreneurship: The role of a global mindset. Academy of International Business annual conference, Milan, 30 June -3 July.

Muzychenko, O., Seet, P.-S. and Wells, S. (2008). Working in culturally diverse groups: How to enhance the learning experience of MBA students. Proceeding of the International Conference on Educational Leadership in Cultural Diversity and Globalisation, Phuket, Thailand, 8-10 April.

Muzychenko, O. (2007). Facilitating International entrepreneurship through Developing a Global Mindset. Proceeding of the 30th annual ISBE (Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship) Conference, 7-9 November 2007, Glasgow, UK.

Muzychenko, O. (2007). Learning Style Variation in a Culturally Diverse Class: A Case Study, proceeding of the HERDSA (the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia) 2007 International Conference, Adelaide, 8-11 July 2007.(2007 Taylor and Francis Prize for best paper by a new researcher).

Muzychenko, O. (2006). Competency Based Approach to Teaching International Business Opportunity Identification, proceedings of the annual Internationalising Entrepreneurship education and Training (IntEnt2006) conference, San Paulo, 9-12 July 2006. (Best Paper award).

Mueller, J., Muzychenko, O., Tan, W. L., and Hu, H. (2006). Creating Entrepreneurs through Action: A 6-Country Review of Action Learning in Entrepreneurship in China, US, Australia, New Zealand, Korea and Singapore, proceedings of the 51st International Council for Small Business Conference, Melbourne, 18-21 June 2006.

Muzychenko, O. (2006) Cross-cultural Entrepreneurial Competence in Identifying International Business Opportunities, proceedings of the 51st International Council for Small Business Conference, Melbourne, 18-21 June 2006.

Muzychenko, O. (2005), A Model of Cross-cultural Entrepreneurial Competence, proceeding of the 28th annual ISBE (Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship) Conference, 1-3 November 2005, Blackpool, UK. (Best Paper in Track nomination and Best Research Contribution to Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development award nomination).

Muzychenko, O. (2005), Cross-Cultural Competence in Entrepreneurship Education and Training, proceeding of the annual Internationalising Entrepreneurship Education and Training Conference, 10-13 July 2005, Guilford, UK.

Professional Associations

Academy of International Business

European Council for Small Business

Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Small Enterprise Association of Australia and New Zealand

Delta Intercultural Academy

Entry last updated: Thursday, 8 Oct 2009